How the Past Comes Back by Natasha Trethewey
“the neglected hydrangea / endlessly blossoming– / year after year / each bloom a blue refrain” — Natasha Trethewey
Dear Dangerous How Do You Explain It by Kazim Ali
“Dear unsettled evening, all the cold shadows, // how lucky we were to have lived / in the world—” — Kazim Ali
absence. displacement. by Etel Adnan
“I love the rain when it / wraps me like a / river” — Etel Adnan